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The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power by Kramer and Alstead

For those editors who care about NPOV, the book above includes a whole chapter on channeling featuring the CIM as exhibit one. These authors make a compelling case that the Course is pure mental programming...that is brainwashing. I hope to see some balance in this article so that gullible people who believe in Wikipedia's editorial 'balance' don't get fooled by such pitiful but popular pablum. 128.111.95.107 (talk) 03:57, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So, what is the book actually about?

I read the article and have no idea... --74.138.229.88 (talk) 20:26, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Read the book, find out, and then write a summary for the article.TheRingess (talk) 20:57, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, why should I expect an encyclopedia article about a book to explain what the book is about? Silly me... --74.138.229.88 (talk) 20:59, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I think that the section entitled "Principles, themes, philosophy, theology, psychology and mythology" gives a pretty good summary of the main talking points in the book. Perhaps we should simply copy the book in it's entirety into this entry. Maybe that would give a better explanation of what the book is all about. cheers.TheRingess (talk) 21:43, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That section just comes across as mumbo-jumbo to me. It's also potentially a copyright violation since all of the phrases are apparently copied from the book. But look, what is with the snark? If you aren't interested in improving the article why are you even commenting? --74.138.229.88 (talk) 22:32, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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	:::I think that the section entitled "Principles, themes, philosophy, theology, psychology and mythology" gives a pretty good summary of the main talking points in the book. Perhaps we should simply copy the book in it's entirety into this entry. Maybe that would give a better explanation of what the book is all about. cheers.[[User:TheRingess\|TheRingess]] ([[User talk:TheRingess\|talk]]) 21:43, 2 April 2010 (UTC)		:::I think that the section entitled "Principles, themes, philosophy, theology, psychology and mythology" gives a pretty good summary of the main talking points in the book. Perhaps we should simply copy the book in it's entirety into this entry. Maybe that would give a better explanation of what the book is all about. cheers.[[User:TheRingess\|TheRingess]] ([[User talk:TheRingess\|talk]]) 21:43, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

			::::That section just comes across as mumbo-jumbo to me. It's also potentially a copyright violation since all of the phrases are apparently copied from the book. But look, what is with the snark? If you aren't interested in improving the article why are you even commenting? --[[Special:Contributions/74.138.229.88\|74.138.229.88]] ([[User talk:74.138.229.88\|talk]]) 22:32, 2 April 2010 (UTC)